NAMA trains, endorses 24 new air traffic control officers

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has acquired licences for 24 recently employed air traffic controllers from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) subsequent to going through the required training and examination on Aerodrome and Approach Control.

The new air traffic control officers are presently being posted to tactical aerodromes in the nation, NAMA disclosed in a statement on Monday, stating that the placement will improve capability and effectiveness of air traffic management in Nigeria.

The Managing Director of NAMA Captain Fola Akinkuotu

The agency additionally re-endorsed 30 air traffic control officers in diverse groups of air traffic control comprising Terminal Approach Radar, Area Procedural Control and Area Surveillance Control subsequent to passing the necessary aptitude and rating tests and after confirmed mentally fit, in accordance with Annex 1 of the International Civil Aviation Organisation and part II of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulation.

The Managing Director of NAMA Captain Fola Akinkuotu recollected that from year 2020 to date, the agency re-endorsed a total of 194 air traffic control officers as well as their regular training and retraining, aimed at giving them latest development of modern skills and technology in air traffic management to guarantee they stay competitive with their colleagues internationally.

The MD of NAMA added that in order to lessen interruptions and overcrowding in the airspace of the country, the agency has started constructing Aerodrome and Approach Control simulator at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos as a pilot project to be reproduced in Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt.

Akinkuotu, who stated that the safety of the Nigerian airspace continued a basic objective of the agency, likewise charged air traffic control officers to keep giving their best so as to defend vast investment of government in building dire infrastructure and also size of staffs.